Jean and george hooeapfel



,J- & G. HOCHAPFEL.

Tobacco Pipe.

Patented March 5, 1867.

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JEAN AND GEORGE HOUHAPFEL, OF STRASBURG, FRANGF. I Letters Patent No.62,631, dated March 5, 1867.

TOBAGUO PIPE.

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t TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that we, JEAN HocnAPrnL andGsonen HOGHAPFEL, of the city of Strasburg, in the Empire of France,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pipes for Smoking Tobacco;and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being'had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Thefinvention relates to an improved construction of pipes for smokingtobaccofivhich, among others, offers the advantage that any liquidderiving from the mouth of the smoker, is effectually prevented fromentering the bowl of the pipe and moisten the tobacco, thus causing thislatter to burn dry to the last particle, and without having its peculiarflavor in the least impaired. Besides which, in this improved pipe, theformation of that rancid nicotine juice prevalent in ordinary tobaccopipes, and which renders these latter so unwholesome, and, if notfrequently cleaned, so disagreeable to the smoker, is entirely avoided.But the most valuable feature of our invention consists in the manner inwhich we here out or otherwise form the pipe, so that any and all of itsavenues, passages, 01' chambers shall be accessible from the outside ofthe bowl of the pipe, for cleaning them,

and so that a stem with a single opening through it may be used, insteadof a stem with two passages, as heretofo're done in this kind of tobaccopipe. In the annexed drawing D Figure 1 shows a side elevation; andFigure a longitudinal sectional view of this improved tobacco pipe.

Figures 3 and 4 represent two modifications in shape and bore oi thepipe; the various figures, however, I merely for showing examples of theinner construction of the pipc', it being understood that any othersuitable shape, size, .01 proportions may be given to pipes constructedaccording to this invention.

In these figures the same letters of reference relate to correspondingparts.

D is the bowl for containing the tobacco; C a recess or reservoirprovided in the stem L, of the pipe, in which-reservoir collects thesaliva or other liquid deriving from the mouth of the smoker. A is apipe or channel, one end of which opens in the lower part of the bowl D,whereas the other end, closed by a movable plug, B, communicates bymeans of a connecting hole, a, with the mouth-piece or tip-end E, whichlatter is movable and fits into the stem F of the pipe. I i

This improved pipe is made use of in exactly the same manner as anyother description of smoking pipes, viz The bowl D having been providedwith tobacco, the pipe is lighted in the usual manner, and the smokedrawn up by the mouth-piece E, in the manner as shown by the arrows.Attention should be paid to emptying the reservoir 0 before knocking offthe ashes, for which purpose the mouth-piece E is momentarily removed.The canal A wants to be cleaned from time to time, to do which it willbe necessary to draw out the plug B and pass an ordinary pipe cleaner upthe canal A. i

The figs. 3 and 4 show a bore and shape of pipe differing slightly fromthat represented in the figs. 1 and 2. It will be understood that thoughthe general arrangement of the bore remains unaltered, the same requiresto be modified more or less according to the particular shape of thepipe, which latter may be made, as usual, of brier, meerschaum amber,clay, porcelain, or any other suitable material. What forms the main orcharacteristic feature of this improved construction of smoking pipes,is that any liquid deriving from the mouth of the smoker is carried intothe reservoir 0, audthat the connecting hole a, by means of which thesmoke is allowed of being drawn up at once from thebowl D and canal Ainto the mouthpiece E, is situated in such position as to prevent anyliquid contained in the reservoir 0 from ro-entering into the bowl D, inconsequence of which the tobacco contained in this latter will remaindry and burn agreeably to the last particle, and the formation ofnicotine juice be entirely prevented. [1

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, is- Thearrangement of the three passages A a c, in relation to the bowl D, noneof said passages or openings going through, and all accessible from theoutside, and forming passage, trap, and nicotine chamber, as set forthand described.

J. HOCHAPFEL. G. HO'GHAPFEL.

Witnesses:

J. Gnsnr, DETOMNOY.

